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46 Afernoir of
as may, according to principles of religion, prh-
dence, & state interest, be revejwed, & vpon
mature deliberation, rectified,--in this case the
Court conceives it duty to declare, that foras.
much as seuerall expressions in the said transac-
tions haue an appearance of the justnes of the
complaints in the sajd petition, and that they
may not leaue any just ground of greivance in
the hearts of their reuerend elders, nor their
ministry be made inneffectuall by that antiminis-
teriall spirit that too much runs thr3 the coun-
try, the Court orders & declares, that the said
papers referring to that case are to be accounted
vselesse, & not to be improoved against the
reuerend elders, as the causes of God's dis-
pleasure against the country, or to be made
publicke. And whereas many haue taken lib-
erty in an irregular way to publish the secretts
of the Court in that case, and doe declare such
are to be accountable according to the nature
of the fact.
The Court doeth further declare, that they
know no just cause of those scandelizing re.
flections contejned in the said papers indeffi.